美联社新闻一分钟 2008-06-27
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：美联社新闻一分钟2008年6月
Americans can keep guns at home for self-defense. That’s according to the Supreme 1 Court who struck down the District of Colombia’s 32-year-old ban on handguns today. The court’s 5-to-4 decision is the first major ruling on gun rights in U.S. history.
On Wall Street the Dow tumbled 2 more than 300 points in afternoon trading, hitting its lowest level of the year. The drop comes after word that oil prices would spike 3 and warnings of trouble in key financial, automotive and high-tech 4 industries.
This British man was sentenced to two life prison terms for shooting to death his wife and 9-month-old baby inside their Massachusetts home. Neil Entwistle was convicted 5 yesterday of two counts of first-degree murder for the 2006 deaths.
A grocery store is voluntarily recalling ground beef after E.coli outbreak in 2 states. Kroger says people who bought its ground beef between May 21st and June 8th should return it to stores for an exchange or a refund 6. Nearly 3 dozen people in Ohio and Michigan have been sickened.
WORDS IN THE NEWS
1.strike down
law to say that a law, decision etc is illegal and officially end it
2.tumble[intransitive][always + adverb/preposition]
to fall down quickly and suddenly, especially with a rolling movement
3.spike[intransitive]
if the number or rate of something spikes 7, it increases quickly and by a large amount
4.automotive adj.[only before noun]
relating to cars
5.life time term无期徒刑
term [countable]n.a fixed 8 period of time during which someone does something or something happens
6.ground beef [uncountable]n.
American English beef that has been cut up into very small pieces, often used to make hamburgers [= mince 9 British English]
7.E.coli [uncountable]n.大肠杆菌
a type of bacteria that can make you very ill if it is in any food that you eat
8.sicken[intransitive]v.
old-fashioned to gradually become very ill
- It was the supreme moment in his life.那是他一生中最重要的时刻。
- He handed up the indictment to the supreme court.他把起诉书送交最高法院。
- He slipped and tumbled down the stairs. 他脚一滑滚下了楼梯。
- A hundred and fifty empty bottles tumbled onto the floor. 150个空瓶子滚落到地板上。 来自《简明英汉词典》
- The spike pierced the receipts and held them in order.那个钉子穿过那些收据并使之按顺序排列。
- They'll do anything to spike the guns of the opposition.他们会使出各种手段来挫败对手。
- The economy is in the upswing which makes high-tech services in more demand too.经济在蓬勃发展，这就使对高科技服务的需求量也在加大。
- The quest of a cure for disease with high-tech has never ceased. 人们希望运用高科技治疗疾病的追求从未停止过。
- They demand a refund on unsatisfactory goods.他们对不满意的货品要求退款。
- We'll refund your money if you aren't satisfied.你若不满意，我们愿意退款给你。
- a row of iron spikes on a wall 墙头的一排尖铁
- There is a row of spikes on top of the prison wall to prevent the prisoners escaping. 监狱墙头装有一排尖钉，以防犯人逃跑。 来自《简明英汉词典》